Hundreds of fans rang in the New Year in style enjoying the camaraderie of the John Force Racing Fan Cruise aboard the Carnival Elation cruise ship. Sponsored by the Automobile Club of Southern California fans enjoyed talking with all the drivers representing John Force Racing both in the scheduled Meet & Greets as well as casual meetings around the pool on the Lido Deck.

The entire stable of John Force Racing drivers was available throughout the cruise. On the first day at sea John Force, Mike Neff, Brittany Force and Courtney Force talked about the 2009 season as well as their goals and plans for 2010. Courtney and Brittany were repeatedly asked when they might move up to the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series and both explained that school was their number one priority for now as well as continuing to develop their driving skills behind the wheel of their BrandSource backed Top Alcohol Dragsters.

AMSOIL will partner  with Popular Hot Rodding Magazine for the 2010 Engine Masters Challenge. The world’s most well-known engine building competition, the Engine Masters Challenge, selects the most prestigious engine builders from around the globe to participate in building the most powerful engine.  As title sponsor, AMSOIL lubricants will contribute greatly to the success of each engine.  This will be especially beneficial during the pre-event testing and tuning where engine wear occurs most.  AMSOIL participation ensures that all competitors who demand only the best in engine protection and power output are obliged.

The Southern California Drag Racing Series (SCEDA) is pleased to announce a marketing partnership with Calvert Racing Suspensions for the 2010 racing season. The SCEDA Series Stock - Super Stock Combo class will now be known as the Calvert Racing Suspension Stock – Super Stock Combo class effective at the series first event this year to be held at Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, Calif., January 23rd and 24th.

SCEDA held an introductory running for Stock and Super Stock as one class at the series final event in 2009 to see if it would fit with their current bracket racing format.  The turnout was overwhelming, as nearly double the expected entries showed up to Fontana.  Due to the extreme interest, SCEDA decided to make the class a permanent addition in 2010.  Calvert Racing Suspensions noticed the excitement this new category created and decided to become the title rights sponsor.

The off-season has been one of uncertainty for Pro Stock driver Justin Humphreys.

Humphreys, who has competed in the NHRA Pro Stock ranks the past three seasons, was unsure of what direction he was headed going into 2010. Work had been done last year to develop plans for 2010, but those efforts had not proved fruitful.

“We had talked to the Doug Yates at Roush Yates Engines a few months ago and had a meeting with them. We thought we were going to move forward then, but it didn’t end up working out,” said Humphreys, who finished 17th in the point standings last year running a limited schedule. “We got to the point that we were debating on putting our own engine shop together and building our engines in-house. That wasn’t really something we wanted to get involved in.”

Master drag racing promoter Bill Doner pulled off a huge upset during the second round of the War Stories Showdown presented by Attitude’s CompetitionPlus.com, as he knocked off the No. 1 seeded Billy Glidden.

For the next four weeks, CompetitionPlus.com will conduct its third annual War Stories Showdown. The veterans of yarn spinning are paired for what promises to be a series destined to produce the finest behind-the-scenes stories.

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The National Guard livery is gone from their website, but the ADRL's management insists they are still in negotiations with their title sponsor for a return in 2010.

Last night's WFO Radio featured a look at this weekend's 5th Annual Lucas Oil Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge presented by Whelen Engineering. 1986 Daytona 500 winner, Geoff Bodine, 3 time NHRA Top Fuel winner, Morgan Lucas, 4 time NHRA Pro Stock Champion, Jeg Coughlin and the NHRA's Alan Reinhart.

To listen to the show, visit WFO Radio

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Fifty years ago A-1 Automatic Transmissions was founded, and the highly respected manufacturer of racing transmissions and torque converter is looking forward to the future by moving into a new 15,000 square foot facility.

Marv “2-Speed” Ripes, the company founder best known for popularizing the use of the Powerglide transmission in drag racing, is still active in the technical side of the company, while day-to-day operations are being captained by veteran racer Alan Bowdish and his son, Adam.

The move to larger quarters was accelerated when a fire damaged the firm’s transmission shop in 2009, luckily sparing converter operations, which were in an adjacent building. Now everything is under one roof at 2826 Kauffman Avenue in Vancouver, Washington. A-1’s phone number remains the same at 360-574-9966.

Take a step down memory lane as NHRA, in cooperation with longtime announcer, television commentator, and author Bill Stephens, relives the great history of NHRA’s most memorable events in a 13-week series entitled NHRA’s Greatest Races presented by ProCare Rx. NHRA’s Greatest Races airs each Sunday at 11:30 a.m. in all time zones for 13 consecutive weeks on Fox Sports Net. The first show aired Sunday, Jan. 3.

“This is a project I’ve wanted to do for a long time,” said Stephens. “Back in the 1970s and 1980s, I was that guy sitting on his couch every weekend watching tape-delayed telecasts of NHRA national events.”